Tag: Crime
Surfers Paradise nightclub wins 'touting' court case
The Court of Appeal in Brisbane has ruled in favour of a Gold Coast night club in case over what is or is not "touting" for the adult entertainment business.[MORE]
Man who murdered parents sentenced to life
A central Queensland man has been jailed for life for the shooting murder of his father and stepmother. [MORE]
Hurley offers 'sympathy' to Doomadgee family
The policeman acquitted of a 2004 death-in-custody on Palm Island in north Queensland has, for the first time, offered his sympathy to the victim's family.[MORE]
$100k truck stolen from Cataby
A truck worth $100,000 has been stolen from a transport company in the Mid West.[MORE]
Council brothel inspector jailed over bribes
A western Sydney council brothel inspector has been jailed for at least 15 months for corruption.[MORE]
33yo 'assaulted man after breaking in'
Geraldton detectives have charged a Beresford man over the violent assault of a 23-year-old man.[MORE]
Man charged with attempted murder
A 43 year old man has been charged with attempted murder after allegedly shooting a 53 year old man in Northam overnight.[MORE]
Police uncover alleged backyard drug lab
Coffs Harbour police have intercepted what they believe is a hidden drug lab.[MORE]
Police officer grilled for second day
The police officer at the centre of a death in custody at Palm Island in north Queensland has denied applying force to the prisoner during a scuffle.[MORE]
Man hurt in hills shooting
A man in his 20s has been shot at a house at Mount Barker in the Adelaide hills.[MORE]
Man accused of torturing teen
A man from Romsey, in central Victoria, has been remanded in custody over charges relating to the alleged torture of a 15-year-old girl. [MORE]
Drug trafficking mum avoids jail
A Victorian mother of two convicted of drug trafficking has escaped a jail term.[MORE]
Burglar on run in north Qld
Police are searching for a man who escaped from a low security prison in Townsville this morning.[MORE]
Teenager charged over Erindale stabbing
A 15-year-old boy has been charged over an alleged stabbing outside Canberra's Erindale College. [MORE]
Bank heist triggers man-hunt
Gippsland police are still searching for a man who held up a bank at gunpoint at Mirboo North yesterday.[MORE]
Stolen phone bill tops $120,000
A Tasmanian teenager has been accused of clocking up an internet bill of $120,000 on a stolen government mobile phone. [MORE]
Eight banned over alcohol-related violence
Eight people in the Bendigo area have been banned from all licensed venues for up to two years. [MORE]
Inquest told of Palm Island 'scuffle'
The coronial inquest into the death in custody of a Palm Island man will continue hearing evidence today from the police officer acquitted of his manslaughter.[MORE]
Baby left in car while dad went shoplifting
A man will face court next month accused of leaving his 13-month-old son in his car while he shoplifted in Sydney's east.[MORE]
Man jailed for secretly filming naked wife
An appeals court in the US state of Minnesota has upheld a one-year prison sentence for a man who drilled a hole in his bathroom wall and filmed his wife naked without her consent.[MORE]
Court slams abalone poacher
New South Wales Fisheries has welcomed the two-month jail sentence handed down to a man for abalone poaching on the New South Wales far south coast.[MORE]
Venables case sparks fresh debate on child killers
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The British government is locked in a battle with the media for refusing to say why a notorious child killer has been sent back to jail, amid warnings he faces a lynch mob if his identity is revealed.[MORE]
Policeman 'never heard Doomadgee's cries for help'
The police officer acquitted of the 2004 manslaughter of a Palm Island man in police custody says he never heard the prisoner's cries for help.[MORE]
Rockhampton murder trial jury considers its verdict
A Supreme Court jury has retired to consider its verdict in a murder trial at Rockhampton in central Queensland.[MORE]
